Status
Bill pending
Consent model
None
Primary law
Data protection bill pending; constitutional privacy right
Year
n/a
Authority
None yet
Marketing consent
No comprehensive consent requirement.
Transfers
No general rule restricts personal data leaving the country.
Penalties
No penalties apply under a general privacy law.
The framework
The Maldives has no comprehensive data protection law in force yet.
Absent a local rule, the practical constraints come from platform policies and foreign laws with extraterritorial reach.
Marketing and advertising
No comprehensive consent requirement. With no operative local consent rule, the practical guardrails are platform policy and any foreign law that can reach the campaign.
Cross-border transfers
No general rule restricts personal data leaving the country.
Enforcement and penalties
No penalties apply under a general privacy law.
Cite this page: "Maldives Data Privacy Laws." Digital Privacy Regulations, September 28, 2026, https://digitalprivacyregs.com/maldives.html. Accessed [date].